Playlist: Happy Birthday Antipop Records
Like your music fast and dirty? As Antipop celebrates 5 years of fist-pumping gigs and DIY releases, we ask them to make a special birthday playlist… Hi Antipop! How and why did you...
A Special Kind Of Devil: Remembering H.R. Giger
H.R.Giger died last week aged 74. Here, C James Fagan describes how a man gripped by night terrors became a visionary artist and inspiration to many… For many creative types, there are points during your...
Culture Diary w/c 19-05-14
What’s hot this week? Our pick of the listings from around Liverpool, the North-West and the rest of the UK… Tuesday – ICA Artists’ Moving Image Network: Keren Cytter 6.30pm @ Cornerhouse, Manchester — £6/4.50...
Maps Of A Wretched Past: Patrick Altes
What shapes your sense of belonging? French-Algerian artist Patrick Altes attempts to reconcile his identity with the troubled history of his birthplace, finds Stephen Clarke… Where we were born defines who we are....
The Seditious Potential Of The Smile: Me_asure
Ahead of their commission launch and artist talk at FACT tonight, we catch up with Culture Lab’s Tom Schofield and John Bowers about the dangers of categorising people, tech politics and Big Brother…...
Breathing New Life Into Experimental Practice — Immix Ensemble
Launching with Ex Easter Island Head and composer Joseph Hillyard, Jon Davies finds a new ensemble loaded with openness and charm… Although Liverpool’s performing music calendar can never be accused of a lack of...
Introducing: Be A Critic’s Oliver Basciano
We are thrilled to announce that Art Review’s Oliver Basciano will be the first to lead our #BeACritic campaign. Basciano, who has been Managing Editor at ArtReview for three years, will be commissioned...
Grand Designs — Friends Of The Flyover
Can we really build our own city? Laura Brown talks to Kate Stewart from the Flyover project about why this might be the first step towards urban planning that’s healthy, happy and designed by...
Culture Diary w/c 12-05-14
What’s hot this week? Our pick of the listings from around Liverpool, the North-West and the rest of the UK… Tuesday – Spring Awakening 7.30pm @ the Playhouse, Liverpool — £12-£21 When Frank Wedekind’s...